Fix gcc7 compile mysql.cc: In function 'void build_completion_hash(bool, bool)': mysql.cc:2687:37: error: invalid conversion from 'char' to 'char*' [-fpermissive] field_names[i][num_fields*2]= '\0'; ^~~~ Patch was partly backported from upstream commit: https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/commit/ae21683d980d5fe9e39bd0193827ea3604256eb9 Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls diff -uNr mysql-5.1.73.org/client/mysql.cc mysql-5.1.73/client/mysql.cc --- mysql-5.1.73.org/client/mysql.cc 2013-11-04 19:52:27.000000000 +0100 +++ mysql-5.1.73/client/mysql.cc 2017-05-13 19:52:10.125101101 +0200 @@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ mysql_free_result(fields); break; } - field_names[i][num_fields*2]= '\0'; + field_names[i][num_fields*2]= NULL; j=0; while ((sql_field=mysql_fetch_field(fields))) {